
Marni Nixon
Oyuncu · 1930 – 2016 · Altadena, California, USA
"Loverly" soprano Marni Nixon has ensured herself a proper place in film history although most moviegoers would not recognize her if they passed her on the street. But if you heard her, that might be a horse of a different color. Marni is one of those unsung heroes (or should I say "much sung" heroes) whose incredible talents were given short shrift at the time. For those who think film superstars such as Deborah Kerr, Natalie Wood, and Audrey Hepburn possessed not only powerhouse dramatic talents but amazing singing voices as well...think again. Kerr's Anna in The King and I (1956), Natalie's Maria in West Side Story (1961), and Audrey's Eliza in My Fair Lady (1964) were all dubbed by the amazing Marni Nixon, and nowhere in the credits will you find that fact. Born Marni McEathron in Altadena, California, she was a former child actress and soloist with the Roger Wagner Chorale in the beginning. Trained in opera, yet possessing a versatile voice for pop music and easy standards as well, she not only sang for Arnold Schönberg and Igor Stravinsky but also recorded light songs. Marni made her Broadway musical debut in 1954 in a show that lasted two months but nothing came from it. In 1955, the singer contracted to dub Deborah Kerr in The King and I (1956) was killed in a car accident in Europe and a replacement was needed. Marni was hired...and the rest is history. Much impressed, the studios brought her in to "ghost" Ms. Kerr's voice once again in the classic tearjerker An Affair to Remember (1957). From there she went on to make Natalie Wood and Audrey Hepburn sound incredibly good with such classic songs as "Tonight" and "Wouldn't It Be Loverly." She finally appeared on screen in a musical in The Sound of Music (1965) starring Julie Andrews, who physically resembles Marni. The role is a small one, however, and she is only given a couple of solo lines in "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?" as a singing nun. Marni's vocal career in films dissolved by the mid 1960s, but she continued on with concerts and in symphony halls, while billing herself as "The Voice of Hollywood" in one-woman cabaret shows. Throughout the years, she has played on the legit stage, including the lead roles in "The King and I" and "The Sound of Music," and in her matronly years has been seen as Fraulein Schneider in "Cabaret," and in the musicals "Follies" and "70 Girls 70." Her last filmed singing voice was as the grandmother in the animated feature Mulan (1998) in the 1990s. Married three times, twice to musicians; one of her husbands, Ernest Gold, by whom she had three children, was a film composer and is best known for his Academy Award-winning epic Exodus (1960). Marni Nixon died July 24, 2016 (age 86), in New York City, New York, USA
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Film7.9AnimasyonAile1998 yapımı Disney animasyonu Mulan, yaşlı ve hasta babasını imparatorluk ordusundaki zorunlu askerlikten kurtarmak için erkek kılığına girerek gizlice orduya katılan cesur bir genç kız olan Hua Mulan'ın destansı mücadelesini anlatır. Geleneksel toplumsal rollerin dışına çıkarak hem ailesinin onurunu korumak hem de Çin'i Shan Yu önderliğindeki Hun istilasından kurtarmak için yola çıkan Mulan sevimli ejderha Mushu ve sadık dostlarının desteğiyle zorlu eğitimlerden geçer, kurnazlığı ve cesaretiyle hem ordunun hem de imparatorluğun hayranlığını kazanarak ulusal bir kahramana dönüşür.
Mulan
1998 · 10K votes
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Film7.2AnimasyonAileAlice, Beyaz Tavşan'ın peşinden deliğe girer ve kendini Harikalar Diyarında, bir dizi maceranın içinde bulur. Bu ülkede çılgınlıklar, saçmalıklar ve gerçeküstü olaylar esastır. Bilmecelerin çözümü yoktur, şarkılar hiçbirşey söylemez ve her şey tuhaf sözcük oyunlarıyla çarpıtılmıştır. Alice, nargile içen Tırtıl , Cheshire Kedisi, Sözde Kaplumbağa ve domuz yavrusuna dönüşen bebekle karşılaşır yarışlara ve Çılgın Şapkacı'nın çay partisine katılır, flamingolar ve kirpilerle kriket oynar. Önüne geleni idam etmeye kalkan Kupa kızı bile Alice'i korkutamaz.... Alice özgüveni ile karşılaştığı herşeyin üstesinden gelmeyi bilir.
Film7.5KomediAileŞemsiyesini kullanarak uçabilen süper-dadı Mary Poppins, Bank Ailesi'nin çocuklarına dadılık yapmaya başladığında aile üyeleri nasıl bir kadının çocuklarına bakıcılık edeceğinden habersizdirler. İlginç alışkanlıkları ve sihirli güçleri olan Mary Poppins, çocuklar gerçeküstü bir yolculuğa çıkarır. Çocuklara hayattan nasıl keyif alınabileceğini öğreten, onlara farklı farklı maceralar yaşatan dadının tek şartı yaşadıkları şeylerden kimselere bahsetmemeleridir. Avustralyalı kadın yazar P. L. Travers'ın 1935 yılından itibaren yayımlanmaya başladığı aynı adlı bir dizi çocuk kitabından uyarlanmıştır.
Mary Poppins
1964 · 5.1K votes
Film7.5KomediRomantikProf. Higgins, yağmurlu bir gecede, Londra Covent Garden'daki operadan çıkan kalabalığın arasında çiçek satan, ağzı bozuk Eliza Doolittle'a rastlar. Hırçın ve kaba davranışlarıyla etrafa sataşmaktan kendini alamayan muzip genç kız, sadece argo değil, üstelik berbat bir aksanla da konuşmaktadır. Higgins, kendisi gibi bir dil bilimci olan dostu Albay Pickering ile bir bahse girer: Eliza üstüne para alarak profesörün evinde kalacak ve diksiyon kursları alacaktır. Higgins, genç kızı tamamen yola getireceğine ve Eliza'nın bir süre sonra gerçek bir hanımefendiden ayırt edilemeyeceğini iddia etmektedir. Bernard Shaw'ın 1912 tarihli oyunu Pygmalion'dan uyarlanan ve Broadway'de 1956-62 yılları arasında büyük sükse yapan My Fair Lady'nin başarısı, sahne müzikalini uyarlayan Alan Jay Lerner'in film yönetmeni George Cukor'la işbirliğini doğurdu. Eliza rolünün kariyerinin zirvesindeki Audrey Hepburn'e verilmesiyle de sinema tarihinin zafer anlarından biri tescillenmiş oldu.
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Film6.2KomediRomantikThe marriage of mutual friends reunites former college roommates Bob and Brendan, who tried to ignore the sexual tension that always flowed between them. Brendan finally comes out to Bob at the reception, but is it a case of too little, too late?
I Think I Do
1997 · 34 votes
Film9.0BelgeselEven big stars need to stand in front of the director and audition for their roles, and some of the best screen tests are from the early years of legends. See some of Hollywood's top names and greatest talents in their very first appearances on celluloid. From Dustin Hoffman's 1966 stock and personality tests to Raquel Welch and James Coburn cavorting for Our Man Flint, from The Three Stooges to Rock Hudson, see stars trying to get on film.
Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
1999 · 1 votes
Film7.5BelgeselMüzikThis 30th anniversary documentary treats film fans to a behind-the-scenes look at the making of "My Fair Lady," the classic musical about a poor young girl transformed into a woman of society through the tutoring of Prof. Henry Higgins. Includes footage of the filming process, as well as discussion by modern film critics about the impact movie had on later films.
More Loverly Than Ever: The Making of 'My Fair Lady'
1995 · 2 votes
Film7.1FantastikAnimasyonA delightful retelling of the classic fairytale by Hanna-Barbera, using live action and animation.
Jack and the Beanstalk
1967 · 21 votes
Film10.0A filmed record of an off-Broadway musical, this tells the story of four friends and the problems they run into when they realize they are getting old.
Taking My Turn
1985 · 1 votes
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · 97 votes
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · 4.4K votes
Dizi7.1An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.
The Oscars
1953 · 85 votes
Dizi7.0KomediThe Danny Kaye Show is an American variety show hosted by Danny Kaye that aired on CBS from 1963 to 1967 on Wednesday nights. Directed by Robert Scheerer, the show premiered in black-and-white, but later switched to color broadcasts. At the time, Kaye was at the height of his popularity, having starred in a string of successful films in the 1940s and '50's, made successful personal appearances at such venues as the London Palladium, and appeared many times on television. His most recent films had been considered disappointing, but the television specials he starred in were triumphant, leading to this series. Prior to his television and film career, Kaye had made a name for himself with his own radio show, and numerous other guest appearances on other shows.
The Danny Kaye Show
1963 · 4 votes
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The Mothers-in-Law
1967 · 5 votes
Dizi5.0KomediThe Hollywood Palace is an hour-long American television variety show that was broadcast weekly on ABC from January 4, 1964 to February 7, 1970. Originally titled The Saturday Night Hollywood Palace, it began as a mid-season replacement for The Jerry Lewis Show, another variety show which had lasted only three months. It was staged in Hollywood at the former Hollywood Playhouse on Vine Street, which was renamed The Hollywood Palace during the show's duration and is today known as Avalon Hollywood. A little-known starlet named Raquel Welch was cast during the first season as the "Billboard Girl", who placed the names of the acts on a placard.
The Hollywood Palace
1964 · 5 votes